OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24686

commune

/ˈkɒmjuːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comuna
A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
The town of Chu-chou in Hunan Province, carrying out the great directive of Chairman Mao that "educated youths must go to the villages," has put into practice factory-commune links…
comuna • municipio
A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
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